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What should I do about a dog that is bad for my daughter?

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I'm so mad. My parents have this HUGE dog and ever since Amelia was born, he's always been trying to bite her. Well the other day he finally did and they STILL wont get rid of him. A lady from child services just called my mom and told her what could happen to Amelia if they don't get rid of him (as in have her be put with her father) and she just yelled at the lady and hung up. And she STILL won't get rid of her dog. So now what am I suppose to do? I can't move out bc we don't have enough money. Am I supposed to just sit here and wait for it to get worse and have my daughter taken away from me because my mom won't get rid of the dog? :'( I seriously don't know what to do.

I would say call the police and see if they can have the dog removed since it bit your daughter. Sounds like things are pretty tense with your mom anyway so you probably won't have to worry about messing up the relationship there. And if she does say anything tell her it was either the dog get removed or your daughter got removed. If she still insists, I would look into some sort of assistance or something and move out. Were the police notified when the dog bit your daughter? How bad of a bit was it?

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